The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 16, 1928, Page 3

\ 4 THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OC Plan to Abduct Comm Continued fro: ym Page One sent the New York Herald-Tribune a flash message not to publish the advance story which had previously been tele- graphed. (EDITOR'S NOTE :—The New York Herald-Tribune actually printed in its earlier editions such a story as is described here.) From the best information that can be ebtained here, the kidnapping plot included t he plan to seize Gitlow on the train and to take him to Nogales, Ariz., or probably to Mexico. Further steps of the plan are believed to have been to take Gitlow by automobile far into the desert, probably on the Mexican side, where he was to be left to find his way out as best he could. This is in accord with an Arizona tradition which recalls the famous Bisbee de- portation case, when more than one thousand workers in- volved in a labor dispute were deported by force into the desert and left to shift for themselves. 4 As to what the plans were after reaching Nogales with the prisoner, something is indicated in reports pub- lished by several Arizona newspapers. * The Arizona Gazette, of Phoenix, was among the news- papers to which the kidnapping gang gave advance knowl- edge of the plot. This paper actually went to press with an editorial giving explicit details of the plot written as though it had already been carried through. re PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 15. .—William O’Brien, candidate for governor on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket, today announced that all plans have been made for con- tinuing the fight of the Party for its rights to hold mass meetings not only during the out‘the year. Ben Gitlow, it was anno; election campaign but thru- unced, will speak in Arizona after having covered his Texas dates and will address the workers of Phoenix. JOIN PARTY FORCES. George J. Saul, Rocky Mountain sub-district organizer of the Colorado state organization of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, is joining O’Brien in order to strengthen the Party forces in a showdown fight. It is learned here that the national headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party has telegraphed City Com: missioner Craigs of Phoenix, Arizona, requesting permis- sion for a meeting on the Public Plaza, to be addressed by William O’Brien, George J. Saul and Ben Gitlow. As yet no reply has been received from the city commissioner. The meeting will be held regardless of whether official permission be granted by the city commissioner or not. AW preparations are going ahead at full speed, WORKERS INCENSED. The workers are greatly aroused over the organized capspaign to disrupt the Communist election meeting. Tho the Workers (Communist) Party has fully complied with all the technical legal requirements for being on the ballot, government and Ku Kux Klan interference with working class meetings are the order of the day. The workers have not forgotten that this is the state where the Bisbee mass deportation outrage occurred. Arizona is dominated by some of the most notoriou: the country. S open shop copper barons in GERMAN STRIKES LOOM IN CRISIS Half Million Workers, Involved | Continued from Page One fects about 60,000 textile workers. | The strike impetus is so strong that | many observers here have declared | that a general textile strike would occur before the date set for the lockout. | The Hamburg shipyards are at a complete standstill due to the strike | of the 50,000 shipyard’ workers and | Klan is known throughout the coun- | as yet there has been no move on. either side to attempt to settle the strike. Dawes Plan Grips Workers | The strike wave is generally at-| tributed to the increased cost of | living and the refusal of the indus- | trialists to raise wages. It is pointed | out that the Dawes Plan has acted | 28 a vice upon the workers and that | the high cost of living is largely due | to the large imports of gold and the decline of production in the arti- ficially boosted industries, both of | which are necessary for the Dawes) plan payment which shortly falls) due. s Gov't Fears General Strike. | The crisis is sosevere that the Na- tional Federation of German Indus- | try, in order to save its members from bankrupcy, has appealed to all | industrialists to stop development | during the next year and only build | up what they already have. This) action is considered to be a man- euver on the part of the industrial- ists to justify lockouts and their re-| fusal to meet the increased cost of living by higher wages. The press here points out that a situation similar to that which existed in the British general strike of 1926 may result, and the manu- facturers insist thatgthe govern- ment set up a compulsary arbitra- tion system, which would be similar | to the British anti-strike legislation. | Jingo Airship | Arrives in U.S. Continued from Page One sky. It was just 4 p. m, when the) largest thing that flies passed by | the tallest building in the world—_ the Woolworth tower. | The dirigible continued uptown, | passing over the vicinity of Union| Square and the Daily Worker build- | ing at about 4:15. It circled over) the heart of the city and then headed back into the south toward the han- gar at Lakehurst. IMPERIALIST RETURNS PARIS, Oct. 15 (UP).—Georges Clemenceau returned to Paris today ty automobile from his summer va- cation in Vendee. WATSON “ICED” "AT NEGRO MEET Given Cold Welcome by. Negro Republicans CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—There was |little applause when senator James Watson of Indiana, was introduced at a political meeting here. The Negro audience did not welcome as enthusiastically as the republican party officials were led to expect, and to the contrary gave him the well known cold shoulder. Watson, whose affiliation with the Ku Klux try, although he sat on the speaker’s platform during the entire meeting, | did not speak because of a “sore | throat.” He was scheduled to make the principal address of the evening. When introduced, he made a bow and sat down without saying a word. The republican leaders are re-| ported to have said that they’ sur-« mised that the senator’s -withdrawal “may have been” due to anti-Watson sentiment among the Negroes. USSR Enlarges R.R. | MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Oct. 15.— The Presidium of the State Planning Commission of the Soviet Union has | decided * that during the next five) years of transport development, 18,-| 100 kilometres of railways lines will} be laid. This will include 2,200 kilo-) metres, now under construction, 11,~/ 200 kilometres of new main lines} and 4,700 kilometres of local railway | branches. At the end of this period, the general extension of the rail-| roads will total 83,978 kilometres.| The cost of the proposed construc- tion will amount to 1,895,000,000 roubles. 1 unist Candidate RTY GAINS IN SOUTH, FOSTER STATES Says Negroes Rally to Red Program and are for our Party.” Foster told of a worker in Los Angeles | | who has been a socialist in Switzer- jland and the United States for 55 |years, who is now supporting the | | ticket of the Workers (Communist) Party. “In almost all cities Thomas received the active support of the labor fakers,” Foster said, at the | |same time pointing out that the re-| jactionary press was a “hundred | times more critical of LaFollette in |1924 than of Thomas at the pres- ent time.” Klan Backs Hoover. Foster told of desperate efforts of the republicans to carry’ the | south by raising religious issues and | | assuring the reactionary elements | jthat they are as much fcr “white | | supremacy” as the democrats. He |said that this campaign is meeting | |with considerable success and that | they have a chance to carry a num-| |ber of the southern states, espe-| |cially Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala- | |bama, Georgia, Virginia and North |Carolina. The Klan elements are | | supporting Hoover. | In the efforts to carry the south, |Foster declared, the republican | |party is dispelling all illusions that it stands for the rights of the Ne- |gro, and the more intelligent Ne- groes are raliying around the Work- | ers (Communist) Party. | “There is practically no trade} | union movement in the south except | | among the railroad workers, printers | jand building trades, and even the | | building trades are poorly organ-| \ized,” Foster said. | | Predicts Gains for Party. | | The Communist candidate pre- | jdieted considerable gains by the) | Workers (Communist) Party, de-| |claring that at the present time the | “LaFollette illusion is not as great; }as in 1924, and the retreat to the | |ranks of the republican party is | | breaking these illusions.” He pre- | dicted that the more advanced pro- \letarian elements will support the Communist Party. Foster said that he found consid. erable unemployment elsewhere in \the country during his tour and that |there is a tremendous displacement ;of workers, together with the in- | troduction of the speed-up system, ‘throwing larger and larger numbers of workers out of employment. | “Very few Negroes are permitted | to vote in the south,” Foster stated, | jand he described the elaborate tech- nical methods to prevent the Negro / worker from registering and voting. | He said that the Rev. Norman) |Thomas did not deal with the Ne-| \gro and labor problems during his’ | | Continued from Page One | i} “ Re Record Registration In New York City The record registration in New York City is expected to produce a record vote in the elections. Tho thousands of workers are dis- franchised in this country by the laws which aim to keep the capital- ists in power, thousands of others who were permitted to register last week will vote for the Communist program and the Communist candidates on November 6. Photo shows a typical registration scene. ENLARGE SILK STRIKE, IS CALL Workers Rap Prema- ture Settlements PATERSON, N. J., Oct. 15,—All the women in the strike of the 3,- 000 silk workers here met yesterday afternoon in a special women’s mass meeting in Turn Hall and took the first steps toward organizing the women to act as an energizing force in the conduct and the spread of the strike to the thousands of workers | not yet out. Speakers at the meeting, experi- enced in strike leadership, pointed out to the enthusiastic audience that in textile strikes particularly, wom- en, who make up a large percent- age of textile workers, have always fought against the mill barons with the greatest militancy. In addition to staying out on strike together with the other workers, the women, the speakers declared, acted as in- spirers to more militant struggle. The assembled strikers enthusias- tically endorsed the proposal put forward that all the union’s efforts now be bent toward enlarging the strike to include the jacquard work- jers, who total another 3,000 persons. If the jacquard workers join the fight approximately 4,000 more will leave the factories. | Some of the union officials refuse to take the steps necessary to en- large the strike, as many _workers | are demanding. Open criticism of this nature is heard on all side Instead of ensuring the final vie-| tour of the south, and that the So- | cialist candidate only talked “‘lib-| eralism.” j This evening Foster will speak in Wilmington, Del. him | Spread i} ~The DAILY WORKER NE of the best methods of carrying on election | work is to see that the During the period of the will sell the DAILY WORKER at $6.00 per thou- sand. No meeting or campaign rally should be without a bundle of DAILY WORKERS. Order Now! <—« @ Please send me at the rate of $6.09 per thousand. NAME .. ADDRESS. To arrive not later than I am attaching a remittance to placed in the hands of as many workers as possible. DAILY WORKER is Election Campaign we copies of The DAILY WORKER cover same. | TWO COMMUNIST CAMPAIGNERS Designed By Fred Ellis THE VOTE COMMUNI: Printed over a background Red Hammer and Sickle with the photographs of Foster and Gitlow tastefully worked in. To be posted on grams, shop papers, bulletins, PRICE: envelopes, . ST STAMP THE VOTE Yd by thi ke 'puotieraphs of Foster and shield, letters, ete. pro- COMMUNIST BUTTON A beautiful arrangement of the photographs Gitlow within a solid red VOTE COMMUNIST stands out. Can be sold anywhere for a dime. Book of eighty stamps, $1.00. Can be resold at 10c per page of eight stamps. Quantity lots: 55 books for 125 for $100. National Election Campaign Committee 'Y tae YORK, N. Y. WOR 43 East 125th S| 4c in lots up 3c in lots up 50; 90 tor $75; 1 2e in KERS (COMMUNIST) PA treet N UCN at HUNAN SCAR PANEL PRICE: be in lots up to 100. to 1000, to 5000. lots of 5000 or over. ‘working tory in the fight, which is for union recognition as well as improved standards, the union of- icials are dissipating the paralyzing power of the strike by agreeing to sign so-called agreements with small fly-by-night bosses whoeare apply- ing for a settlement. That this policy is being carried out was ment” reached with the Belfield Silk Co. Although this is a larger firm, employing torty workers, the union secretary, Hoelscher, agreed to end the complete tie-up there by giving the boss a settlement without de- manding that he deposit a bond as security for obeying the wage and hour provisions of the agreement. There is no real penalty, strikers complain, that can be inflicted on this employer *should he proceed (as he undoubtedly will) to violate and ignore the contract. More and more workers are real- izing the necessity for picketing in large numbers in order to draw out the workers still in the mills. This tactic, proposed by militant mem bers of the strike committee is gain-| ing far more rapidly in favor than is the policy of Hoelscher, who pro- poses to liquidate the strike as soon | as possible. BOOZE HOUND MUST SERVE WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP) Ernest L. Benway, federal prohii tion agent who killed W m Nei- dermeier, a postman, while on a liquor hunt on the Huron River in Monroe County, Mich., today was denied a U. S. Supreme Court re- view of his conviction and sentence on a charge of felonious assault. TOBER 16, 1928 vealed by exemplified by the “settle-) Page Three Prem NEW LARGE MINE DISTRICT FORMED IN PENNSYLVANIA Watt Urges Fight by Rank and File Continued from Page Gne of local officials failed to gain ad- mission into the hall. Officers stood outside the hall as the delegates left, recording the names of those who attended the meeting from the unorganized fields and those who came from the towns containing only company unions, for the purpose, delegates said, of dis- criminating against them. “John Lewis says he is in favor of a small union of working miners and strong consolidation of the op- erators,” Watt said, “and when we begin to organize those thousands of miners he has either expelled or re- fused to organize into the,U. M. W. A. his little gang of paid supporters stop at nothing—even murder—to stop us from organizing.” Thomas Fleck, a delegate from the Broad Top section who rode all night with a group of fellow-dele- gates in an old Ford to attend the convention, declared that organiza- tion there was completely dissipated. “We're going back to start from the bottom up and build a strong sub- district for the National Miners’ Union,” Fleck promised. Fleck*was elected to the Grievance Committee, which is made up of one delegate from each sub-district. These officers will convene when necessary and be paid only when actually serving. The prevai rate of wages in the mines will be the scale for all officers of the Na- tional Miners’ Union, the convention decided. Delegates were particularly anx- ious to vest full control in the hands of the rank and file, and the entire organizational plan reflects this. Appointive power was eliminated, an |easy recall of officials provided for. The following statement of policy was adopted unanimously by the convention: “We declare it to be our policy to organize all mine workers in this district under the banner of the Na- |tional Miners’ Union, regardless of political or religious beliefs, or of color or nationality. We declare we will: not tolerate any discrimination because of creed, color or nationality ing | aturely Published Story -Red Candidate David H. Kaufman, who is can- didate for State Representative from the 15th Worcester, Mass., district on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket. He is bringing the Commu- nist message to the workers of Wor- cester. Many of them will vote for him and the other Red candidates in the coming elections. press and assemblage as our union must be made a truly educational institution wherein the membership shall learn how best to defend their interests and promote class solidar- ity towards the end that they may obtain those things that rightfully belong to them. Honest Leadership. “We declare that this union shall be controlled by the membership, by the organization of the rank and file governing bodies which shall hold all power in the union, and who shall be the deciding body in all or- ganizational and contractional mat- ters. The officials of our union shall be responsible direct to the member- ship for their actions and our union shall strive to have only class con- scious rank and file officers serve them and paid only such wages as the mine workers themselves ceive. “We declare it to be our policy to obtain the highest wages possible and the best working conditions ob- tainable for our membership. We shall even fight to obtain a six-hour day and a five-day week in the coal mines of this country. We shall strive to obtain a national agree- ment for all mine workers of this country, and we are convinced that when strikes are necessary to en- force our demands that an injury of one is, the concern of all and can re- and will in addition defend and pro-/only be corrected by all workers in ‘mote the’ right of free speech and the industry striking nationally. | national JAIL COMMUNIST IN LOS ANGELES ANTI-RED DRIVE May Try to Frame Charges Continued from Page Cne girls refused to talk with the po- lice, and Schneiderman and Zimmer- man declared that they had a right to distribute literature to service- men, pointing out the preparations for a new imperialist war. Capitalist Press Yelps. Tremendous publicity has been given to the arrests by all news- papers of Los Angeles, huge head- lines announcing “ ‘Red’ Raiders Nab Children “City Wide ‘Red’ Plot,” “U. ¢. L Boy and 3 Girls ‘Captured’,” “L. A, School ‘Red’ Re- gime Plot Bared” and “Federal Au- thorities Act in L. A. Soviet Plot Case.” One newspaper declared: “Letters tp eastern officials of the Commu- nist group were seized also and told of the work among organized fight- ing bodies, the R. O. T. C., national guard and the nav: Part of the “evidence” against Erenberg are leaflets calling on sol- diers, sailors and marines to “sup- port your fellow workers in their struggles for better conditions” and to “refuse to act in strikes.” Fear Frame-Up. Indications that frame-up methods and forgery will be used in the ef- forts to railroad Erenberg to prison is seen by a statement that the Communist youth leader may be charged with setting fire to an au- ditorium several weeks ago to “im- press” prospective members of the Young Workers (Communist) League. . Such ridiculous claims show the desperation of the authori- ties and their determination to use every effort to crush the workers’ |opposition to militarism by force. The International Labor Defense here has retained an attorney to de- fend Erenberg. ~- I, L. D. Fights For Erenberg. The national office of the Inter- Labor Defense yesterday announced that the organization has retained an attorney in Washington, D. C., to fight the move to deport Erenberg, in addition to the attor- ney working on the case in Cali- fornia. Enlist in the Defense of the Sov iet Union Fight Against the War Danger Vote Communist Defend the Soviet Union at all costs. Never to forget the experience and the sufferin I PLEDGE TO g of the working class in the Imperialistic World War. 4 Always and forever to fulfill my Revolutionary Duty to the working class. -_ “1a Name . 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